Associate Estimator

Currie & Brown; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking estimators across all levels to join their growing infrastructure team, focusing on projects in the rail and aviation sectors. The role demands a mix of technical expertise to produce reliable cost estimates and a collaborative spirit to support project teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in cost planning and a solid grasp of project management principles.

Qualifications

• Proficient with estimating and cost planning for infrastructure projects.
• Experienced in rail, highways, or utilities sectors.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate cost estimates to project standards.
• Validate suppliers' and contractors’ cost estimates.
• Support budget development and cost reconciliation.

Skills

Communication

Technical writing

Cost planning techniques

Teamwork

Commercial awareness

Education

BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Tools

Unit cost modelling tools

Job description

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Currie & Brown is seeking an ambitious, highly motivated Estimators (All Levels) to work on infrastructure commissions for our clients across London.

Over recent months Currie & Brown has been successful in expanding our portfolio of infrastructure delivery commissions by securing a number of valuable and prestigious engagements, and we are currently looking to make contact with experienced enthusiastic professionals to join our infrastructure team.

Currie & Brown requires a capable and experienced estimators with Rail and Aviation experience The successful candidate’s commercial skills will support the current team structure in order to meet the volume of workload, supplement current expertise and deliver consistent cost planning and estimating service activity.

Responsibilities will include:

• Producing accurate cost estimates reflecting the project scope and timescales, to a consistent format and quality
• Enabling project costs and performance to be more reliably compared and benchmarked
• Accurately validating suppliers’ and contractors’ cost estimates
• Providing efficient tools and processes that enable timely and consistent production of estimates to a common standard
• Preparing cost estimates during the execution phase to validate contractors’ cost forecasts and contract changes
• Providing specialist cost planning and estimating services in accordance with our rail clients’ governance and assurance procedures; this may require the estimate report and estimate to be presented to the client as part of the governance sign-off process
• Supporting budget development, investment authorisation and cost reconciliation

Requirements:

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent
• Technical delivery experience in the provision of estimating and/or QS services
• Extensive rail, highways or utilities sector experience
• Understanding of project management, planning, risk and investment processes
• Working knowledge of cost planning techniques for the financial control of projects during design development stages
• Proficient in the use of unit cost modelling tools
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible

About You

About Us

Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.

Currie & Brown is an equal opportunity employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Currie & Brown UK is also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, which represents a promise by the company that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.